“During this time of climate, ecological and other crises, Embers of Hope is a needed beacon to help us navigate ecological grief, feelings of despair, hope and more. Embers of Hope is the missing piece in our climate, social and other justice work. This is the antidote we need to face our mortality while fostering hope for a better future.”

—Emma Lui, activist, researcher, and contributing author in Corporatizing Canada: Making Business out of Public Service

“With open-hearted generosity, Bonita Eloise Ford weaves a pathway with permaculture, energy healing, the Indigenous wisdom of her teachers, and her own life experience, and then guides the reader through a series of exercises to enable us all to face the challenges of a world in ecological collapse and climate chaos with clarity and meaning. That is how, as the fire dies, we find the Embers of Hope.”

—Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine and author of Fertile Edges: Regenerating Land, Culture and Hope

“A compendium of the wisdom she has gleaned from years of experience as a permaculture design coach, in Embers of Hope, Bonita offers a how-to guide for moving forward into an uncertain future with gratitude, courage, strength and grace.”

—Andrea Most, Professor of American Literature and Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto and Director of the Persephone Project

“In her clear-eyed and very personal book Embers of Hope, Bonita Ford offers profound insight into the challenges of facing ecological unravelling and embracing the grief that this entails. This is a small book with a large, open and generous heart.”

—David Chernushenko, author of Burning Souls and producer of the films Powerful: Energy for Everyone and Bike City, Great City

“Part memoir, part workbook, Embers of Hope is contemporary ecophilosophy at its finest, a landmark guidebook to navigating the end of the world and beyond, by way of the garden gate.”

—Heather Jo Flores, author of Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community and director of Permaculture Women's Guild

“Discouragement and hopelessness slow our efforts to prevent climate catastrophe. In Embers of Hope, Bonita Ford offers a toolkit for working through these challenges and sustaining ourselves as we strive for a livable world for all. Readers will find exercises and ideas for work as individuals and in groups. Bonita helps us ask ourselves and others the right questions, and learn to listen for the answers.”

—Eric Toensmeier, author of The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security

“Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Bonita takes us on an intense and important journey from despair to realistic hope. Bonita cultivates an attitude of gratitude that is infectious.”

—Julie Daniluk, RHN, nutritionist, bestselling author, and TV host

“… brimming with passion and vulnerability, raining tears of sorrow and joy for the world passing before our eyes, it invites us to blow, gently, incessantly, the breath of life back into the heart of all beings.”

—Peter Bane, executive director of Permaculture Institute of North America and author of The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country

“Bonita is giving us lots of spiritual food and you can feel the presence of the spirit throughout. This book includes a working companion to support and nourish ourselves and our Mother Earth so that we continue the work and keep the spirit alive. Chi migwetch Bonita!”

—Grandmother Francine Aki Songideye Ikwe, Algonquin grandmother/elder, traditional knowledge keeper, and holistic nutritionist

“Embers of Hope is an intimate story of healing, cultivating self-love in the face of global uncertainty, and understanding our place as humans in the web of life. Ford's storytelling is captivating and her combination of passion and expertise for regenerating our planet and communities is palpable. This is a handbook for living resiliently in the age of climate change. A beautiful guide for being human.”

—Kat Steele, director of the OrcaSong Institute on Orcas Island, permaculture activist, and designer

“Embers of Hope cogently and heart-fully embraces the moment our planet and much of our planetary civilization is waking up to. This brilliant text draws us out of our denials and gives us tools to search out our own perspectives and respond appropriately. I believe it is a great gift for communities, families, facilitators, writers, and others who tend to the human spirit.”

—Rhonda Baird, senior editor of Permaculture Design magazine, permaculture designer, and educator

“The cycles of nature include dying, and without that, we miss the potential and hope for new life. This book has deep roots and adds one more entry into a hopeful future.”

—Nancy “Dancing Light” Sherwood, contemporary grandmother shaman and founder of The Moving Mandala and Traveller's Joy

“Bonita Ford’s book, Ember’s of Hope, is a timely call to working with the current state of the world by acknowledging and honoring the everyday hero. Ms. Ford’s very personal account invites you on a journey to move from despair to finding joy by offering tools for successful transformation.”

—Jude Hobbs, internationally-recognized permaculture educator and designer and a co-founder of the Permaculture Institute of North America

“Wow! Such a timely, potent and passionately written book. Thank you for addressing the deep questions and shifts that we must face to live more fully and gently in these troubled times.”

—Robin Clayfield, permaculture pioneer and author of You Can Have Your Permaculture and Eat it Too and Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning Methodology